Our Beliefs
Our most important belief is in the power of God’s love. Through love, we are created in God’s image and filled with a Divine Spark. God’s imprint is in every single person, and we are all created to love generously, richly, and transformationally. Jesus teaches us how to love God with everything we have, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Therefore, we want to be a church community that follows Jesus together. We want to be prayerfully led by the Holy Spirit to share God’s vast love for and with the world.
Jesus Frees Us
The Good News of Jesus Christ as God and Savior is revealed through His birth, life, teachings, example, death, resurrection, and ascension. He calls us to a new Way of Life. We believe that Jesus’ promise of salvation frees us to confidently live our lives in hope, peace, joy, and love. This precious gift is for EVERYONE by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
To Be Christian
Jesus lived a lifestyle of holistic healing and restoration for individuals, families, neighborhoods, and nations. To embrace this way of life requires limitless forgiveness, radical acceptance, deep humility, nonviolent peacemaking, abundant generosity, sacrificial love, and eternal hope. This isn’t about just having the correct answers, behaving the “right way,” or performing the greatest deeds. Rather, it’s more about life in community with others and finding purpose through an ongoing relationship with God (Our Creator), Jesus (Our Savior), and the Holy Spirit (Our Sustainer).
More About Our Church
King of Kings Lutheran Church in Dulles South is not a place. Our church is a community of people that follows Jesus’s way of life yet recognizes that we are all individually works in progress. Therefore, we gather regularly to celebrate the transformative power of God’s grace, mercy, and redemption. We partake of the sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and carry the promise of the Cup and the Bread into our daily lives. We explore and express our faith through conversations, the arts, prayer, study, fellowship, rest, contemplation, and acts of service that all enjoin us with the Holy Spirit. Come share in life and faith here.
As Lutherans, We Believe…
In the Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is Love.
In God as our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer.
In God’s promise of steadfast love and mercy through Jesus that opens us to a life of faith and generous service to those we know and meet through the Holy Spirit.
In the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, commonly called the Bible; in the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds; and in the Lutheran confessional writings in the Book of Concord as the basis for our teaching.
In the witness of others and that God is currently active in the world around us.
In engaging others in conversation as we seek greater understanding, ask important questions, and share God’s love in word and deed.
In church because it offers a variety of opportunities to gather with others to worship, share in Communion, grow our faith, and apply it in service.
ELCA is our Larger Community
We are a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA believes that God is calling us into the world together by:
Spreading the Gospel of Jesus
Addressing social and cultural issues and injustices
Working to provide moral vision
Participating in God’s just and loving purpose for all of creation
In doing so, the ELCA equips and nurtures us for our callings in the world as well as fosters unity among the children of God for the sake of the world. Brokenness can be healed, and divisions can be overcome. To this end, the activity of ecumenical life in the ELCA is one of cooperation, facilitation, accompaniment, and formation within this church, and with our ecumenical and interreligious companions.
Discipleship
Discipleship is part of the covenant God makes with us upon our baptism or when a baptized Christian affirms their faith, often through Confirmation. With God’s help, the members of King of Kings Dulles South live out these gifts in various ways. We invite you to click on the following links to learn more:
Fellowship opportunities and discussions on applying the Bible’s teachings to current issues are regularly offered for all ages under the MINISTRIES heading, and the links named ADULT ENRICHMENT, YOUTH, KIDS AND FAMILIES, and RECREATION.
Specific missions are described under the SERVE heading, under the links called IN THE CHURCH, IN PARTNERSHIP, and IN THE WORLD.
Our Sunday morning gatherings are where we come to hear the Word, share in the Lord’s Supper, and proclaim the Good News. Our SUNDAYS page shares some of the forms our worship takes and our WORSHIP page shows some of our most recent gatherings.
Questions?
Should you have any other questions about our church community or our beliefs, please visit our FAQ page or contact Pastor Garrett. Whether it is via email, over a coffee, or after worship - he would be grateful to have a conversation with you. Thank you for visiting our website and we hope to see you soon.